Chapter 19 3. Parents

In the "Grape and Knife" functional area or theme park, there are rows of rat-hole-like residential houses, which are in good condition and very modern.Here, Xiaomu finally met his parents.The two old people sat quietly on the top of the kang like children, with a dusty ostrich in their arms.They immersed themselves in combing the ostrich's feathers slowly, with thoughtful expressions on their faces.After a long time, one person suddenly raised his head, as if he recognized Xiaomu, but he didn't say anything.After a while, another person also looked at him.Only then did Xiaomu confirm that they were indeed his parents.

After staying for a while, my mother said to Xiaomu: "There are many ostriches in the desert, which are different from those on the coast. I remember that there are only seagulls in our hometown. Ostriches are pets in heaven. Your father and I adopted ten of them. They represent you and you respectively. Brother and your wives and children." Xiaomu anxiously wanted to say, I haven't had children yet, I'm still single, and I'm not interested in marriage.But he didn't say anything in the end, maybe he was afraid that his parents would be unhappy when he first came here! "Are you all right?" he said. "Very good, very good." "Is there anything missing?" "No, no." The parents glanced sideways at Xiaomi, and then looked down at the ostrich.Only then did Xiaomu realize that he had come empty-handed.He did not bring gifts for the old man.This generation doesn't understand even the most basic human relationships.Xiaomu was not embarrassed either.He is still thinking about visiting his parents, which is not bad.Xiaomi said to Xiaomu: "See, there is nothing missing. Food, clothing, housing, and use are all properly arranged by heaven. Dutiful son, don't worry." The word "filial son" Let Xiaomu convulse for a while.Seeing this, the parents covered their mouths and giggled.

Then came lunch time.The old man looked excited.A hole in the ceiling unscrewed, and a metal conveyor belt dropped down, bringing in steaming mutton rice.But there are only three copies, which are allocated to parents and Xiaomi.Father stretched out his hand, grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth.Mother thought about it, and gave some to Xiaomu from her share. "Few filial sons come to heaven, and the design is not thorough enough." Xiaomi said as if apologetic, and also shared some rice from his own bowl with Xiaomu.The two old people ate so much that their mouths were full of oil, as if they hadn't eaten for a long time.They threw some more to feed the ostriches.Ostriches eat greedily like Mesozoic carnivorous dinosaurs.

Then, when the old man was about to take a nap, he climbed onto the kang with both arms in his arms.Xiaomu stood under the kang and looked at the old man.Their oiled hair hangs over the bed.He felt strange and felt a little sad.Fortunately, Xiaomi was with me, and we chatted for a while.The ostrich was walking around, staring at visitors curiously.At almost five o'clock in the afternoon, the old man woke up and saw Xiaomu and Xiaomi still waiting by the kang, so he asked them to go out to play together.Everyone left "grapes and knives" and came to the big desert outside the paradise.Camouflaged desert vehicles are parked here.Xiaomi bought tickets for the old man and Xiaomu, and then everyone jumped into the car and drove into the desert.